Complications of laparoscopic fundoplication in the elderly

Surgical Laparoscopy, Endoscopy and Percutaneous Techniques

Volumn 13, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 6-10

  Coelho, Julio C U ^a,b   Campos, Antonio C L ^a   Costa, Marco A R ^a   Soares, Renato V ^a   Faucz, Rafael A ^a  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF PARANÁ   (Brazil)

^b NONE   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Elderly; Fundoplication; Gastric ulcer; Reflux esophagitis

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; ASTHMA; BLEEDING; BRONCHITIS; CONGESTIVE HEART FAILURE; DELIRIUM; DYSPHAGIA; FEMALE; HIATUS HERNIA; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; INTRAOPERATIVE PERIOD; LAPAROSCOPIC SURGERY; LEG ISCHEMIA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORBIDITY; MORTALITY; OPERATION DURATION; PNEUMOTHORAX; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REFLUX ESOPHAGITIS; SPLEEN INJURY; STOMACH FUNDOPLICATION; STOMACH ULCER; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TREATMENT INDICATION; URINE RETENTION;

AGE FACTORS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; FEMALE; FUNDOPLICATION; GASTROESOPHAGEAL REFLUX; HUMANS; INTRAOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; LAPAROSCOPY; LENGTH OF STAY; MALE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX;

EID: 0037296855     PISSN: 10517200     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00129689-200302000-00002     Document Type: Article

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